'Maoist rebel bomb' kills seven in India's Bihar state

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Source: bbcnews.com

21 November 2010 Last updated at 03:46 ET

At least seven people have been killed in north-east India after a bomb thought to have been planted by Maoist rebels exploded, Bihar police say.

The device was found on Saturday, but it was not defused immediately. It was cordoned off and covered with sandbags.

It exploded the following day, while it was being examined by local villagers, a police officer said.

State legislative elections were held in the area on Saturday despite a rebel call for a boycott.

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1. The Naxalites have really become a huge problem for the Indian Gov't.

The movement's been growing significantly lately, especially in the poorest states along the east coast of India, where there's no development, and poverty is extreme - people are ripe to be recruited into the Maoist movements.